Awesome pilot buys pizza for ENTIRE plane after flight delays

PIZZA JOY: A delayed flight had a nice pick-me-up when their captain ordered pizza [TWITTER]

“I just ordered pizza for the entire plane”

Captain Gerhard Bradner

The flight from Washington DC to Denver was diverted to Cheyenne, Wyoming, due to bad weather and forced to wait for several hours before taking off again.

Captain Gerhard Bradner took pity on the 160 people aboard the plane and made a call to a local Dominoes pizza joint instructing them to deliver enough pizza to feed a small army.

Logan Marie Torres told FOX 31: "He said 'ladies and gentleman, Frontier Airlines is known for being one of the cheapest airlines in the US, but your captain is not cheap.'.

"I just ordered pizza for the entire plane."

CHEESE FOR EVERYONE: The delays were made more bearable by the free food [TWITTER]

The manager of the nearest Domino’s Pizza said he got a call when he was about to close at 10pm.

Andrew Richie said the pilot told him he needed to feed 160 people, and fast.

About 50 circles of happiness were then delivered to all of those who were waiting on the Airbus A320.

Logan, who was crowned Miss Colorado United States Teen 2014, added: "We want to applaud this Frontier Airlines captain who was so gracious to think of us and go out of his way to have pizza delivered to us on the plane!"

Eventually the plane and all its passengers arrived in Denver five hours behind schedule but with stomachs full of doughy, cheesy goodness.